Photos of the Day: Nov. 8

Updated Nov. 8, 2012 4:23 p.m. ET

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THE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS: A delegate yawned as others readied for the opening of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday. The meeting will usher in a leadership change.
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ALL MADE UP: Gene Simmons, left, and Paul Stanley of the band Kiss performed at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires Wednesday.
Alejandro Pagni/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

FIERY RAGE: A Molotov cocktail exploded near police during a protest against austerity measures in Athens Wednesday. Greece’s euro-zone partners said they are not yet ready to release another batch of bailout cash to Greece, even though the Greek parliament narrowly backed austerity measures Thursday.
Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

FACING THE MEDIA: British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were reflected in a mirror as they spoke to the media before a meeting at 10 Downing St. in London Wednesday.
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UNITY: A candlelight vigil was held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday. The vigil was in response to a campus protest that the school said started with about 30 to 40 students and grew, with some shouting racial slurs over the re-election of President Barack Obama.
Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle/Associated Press…

MOURNING: A woman paid her final respects at the coffin of Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church during his memorial ceremony in St. Nedelya Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, Thursday. Europe’s longest-serving Orthodox Christian leader died Nov. 6; he was 98 years old.
Nikolay Doychinov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

ANGEL: A Victoria’s Secret model, front, presented a creation while singer Rihanna performed during a Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York Wednesday.
Carlo Allegri/Reuters…

HIDDEN SCHOOL: Rajesh, 8 years old, read from a blackboard painted on a wall at a free school located under a bridge in New Delhi Wednesday. At least 30 children living in nearby slums have been attending classes at the school over the past three years.
Altaf Qadri/Associated Press…

GETTING A LIFT: On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, students from Japan tried to reach the top of the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse Thursday.
Markus Schreiber/Associated Press…

BUBBLE WORLD: People had fun in the ‘On Space Time Foam’ installation, by Argentine artist and architect Tomás Saraceno, in Milan Thursday.
Luca Bruno/Associated Press…

A DAY’S WORK: A Palestinian man carried a bag of recyclable plastic at a dump site near Gaza City Thursday. The site is just a few hundred meters away from the Israeli border. Garbage scavengers earn about €1 ($1.30) for a day’s work.
Oliver Weiken/European Pressphoto Agency…

FIRST FAMILY: U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha, left, and Malia, second from right, boarded Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport Wednesday.
Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…